A Bit of Background

I have mentioned that I am actually in Kenya for work (even though it may not seem like it, even to myself). However, I am here as a representative from my organization at a conference on institutions in natural resource management in Africa. This subject area is completely new to me, but is becoming more and more interesting. I was asked to give a presentation first thing Monday morning, which makes me a bit nervous but excited at the same time. This conference is jointly organized by my program (CAPRi) and by the World Agroforestry Center (ICRAF), which is located here in Nairobi. It will be a 3-day conference with participants from several of our partner organizations here in Africa. Some of them I met in Colombia, and some of them I know “by email.” After the conference, I will stay in Nairobi for 2 more days to process the findings from the conference and discuss the publication of proceedings. So starting tomorrow, it is going to be mostly work!